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Favorite Godzilla Soundtracks?

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JurassicKaiju14

MemberTitanosaurusJan-08-2020 3:31 PM

What's this? A Godzilla thread that isn't MonsterVerse speculation of monster matchups? GASP!

*ahem* Anyways, the Godzilla franchise has been around for 65 years. And in that time, we've gotten a lot of great music from the series. So which movie or video game has your favorite soundtrack, or which individual theme is your favorite?

My personal overall soundtrack picks are:

-Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)

-Destroy All Monsters (1968)

-Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

-The Return of Godzilla (1984)

-Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994)

-Godzilla (1998)

-Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999)

-Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000)

-GMK (2001)

-Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002)

-Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. (2003)

-Godzilla: Unleashed (2007)

-Godzilla (2014)

-Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)

Runners up (individual soundtracks) would be:

-"Godzilla vs. Kumonga" (Son of Godzilla)

-"Mechagodzilla vs. Anguirus" (Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla)

-"Requiem" (Godzilla vs. Destoroyah)

-"Godzilla's Theme" (Godzilla: Final Wars)

-"Black Angels" (Shin Godzilla)

-"Under a Burning Sky" (Shin Godzilla)

-"Who will know - Tragedy" (Shin Godzilla)

A true fan can acknowledge the bad while still appreciating and cherishing the good.

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You guys are definitely beating around the bush. You're in that neighborhood and of course have the composer down. I'll reveal the answer tomorrow night if no one gets it by then.

"'Nostalgic' does not equal 'good,' and 'standards' does not equal 'elitism.'" "Being offended is inevitable. Living offended is your choice."
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G. H. (Gman)
Hmm, upon comparison I see/hear I was definitely off in my initial guess, which now brings up the question of why I thought I recognized that so quickly. Must be triggering something else, more research is needed.

 

Also, seeing everyone so unanimous about something Godzilla-related is truly beautiful, but I find the lack of appreciation for Crystal from GvsSpaceG, Goodbye Godzilla, and the Hanna-Barbera theme song very disappointing. :P

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Gomi: Ninja Monster,
I have no doubt you recognize it from another movie.

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G. H. (Gman)
YEP. That's the one. I knew it had to be in "The Best of Godzilla" soundtracks somewhere.

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Yep. This piece initially debuted in another film--Unsurprisingly. Just about all of Ifukube's Heisei material is lifted from the Showa era and thrown in stereo. Not that I'm complaining, it was nice to hear these pieces re-orchestrated.

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Indeed, makes me doubly disappointed that KOTM didn't get more Ifukube tracks to remaster/remix.

Well, now I'm wondering if this piece has anything to do with Varan's movie...

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Although I'm not a big fan of the movie, I think King of the Monsters is the best Godzilla score since Tokyo SOS. Would more Ifukube have been nice? Sure, but McCreary's themes were robust, plentiful and catchy too--So no complaints. Just using Ifukube's Godzilla theme was plenty--Especially the spin he put on it.

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I kinda liked some of the Shin Godzilla tracks a bit more than any of the ones of KOTM, but by a VERY close margin. 

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TheLazyFish Shin has good music when it's using original scores. But when it's just reusing tracks from older movies, it fell kinda flat for me.

I feel KOTM's score works because it doesn't just flat out copy the old tunes, but adds new spins on them to make them feel new.

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Evet single song you guys think are the best are ABSOLUTLEY the best

Ah shit I’m using my wrong eye again. Sorry that was meant to be behind your back
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So answers to the Elite Question:

What movie is it from? King Kong vs. Godzilla
Who is the composer? Akira Ifukube
What scene is it from? Kong and Godzilla's first battle.

Let's go with something a little more on the nose this time:

Regular Question
What movie is it from?
Who is the composer?
What scene is it from?

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Ah, that's why I hadn't heard it, I've only seen the American dub. Shame on me of course.

Oh nope, I'm gonna have to count myself out of this one, I already know exactly where to look and I think that might be cheating.

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